November 29, 2017

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) has written to White House Counsel Don McGahn and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney asking questions about ethics, staffing, and recordkeeping concerns associated with Mulvaney's appointment by President Donald Trump to serve as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

President Trump recently named Mulvaney to be the CFPB's acting director while he is still serving as OMB director. Warren said she believed that according to the Dodd-Frank Act, CFPB Deputy Director Leandra English, not Mulvaney, is the legal CFPB acting director. But while the dispute is resolved in court, Sen. Warren's letter raises concerns about how ethics rules and other procedures are to be followed given the dual rule.